Hyderabad, March 1 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday hit out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his remarks on Urdu, saying that it was not the language of Muslims, but has been the language of country's freedom.

He stated that Urdu was protected by the Constitution, just like other languages. Taking a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Owaisi said that they want this country have only one language, religion, ideology and leader.

"UP CM doesn't even know that Urdu is a part of Uttar Pradesh's culture. People of RSS and BJP don't know that Urdu is protected by the Constitution, just like other languages. They don't know that every Muslim doesn't speak Urdu; this is no...